Cottnam Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Wales

Cottnam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cottnam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Wales61:515,75523,171
England31:18,572,686338,250
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Cottnam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cottnam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cottnam is found most in Australia. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cottnam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Cottnam is mostly found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Cottnam are found; 70 percent are found in Australasia and 70 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly used in Australia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,173,726. In Australia Cottnam is mostly concentrated in: South Australia, where 74 percent reside, Tasmania, where 22 percent reside and Queensland, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Australia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 18 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotnam92547/
Chotnam861/
Cottnan861/
Conam836/
Chotngam808/
Choutnam801/
Cottngom801/
Sotnam7786/
Kotnam7743/
Cutnam7729/
Conaum7716/
Conham776/
Coonam773/
Connam772/
Conaim772/
Cotnan771/
Coname771/
Conamt770/
Khotnam7168/
Chotnom7140/
Conhaim7138/
Chatnam7114/
Kattnam7110/
Sotneam716/
Cottnon713/
Cautnam712/
Cothnan711/
Jotnham711/
Kotngam711/
Kottnan711/
Kostnam711/
Conaham710/
Conan677,226/
Konam671,530/
Canam67684/
Conom6767/
Custname6718/
Chatngam6713/
Khotngam679/
Cosnaham676/
Cootgnan674/
Chutngam671/
Cognaham671/
Connaham670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cottnam
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